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Noun: tailgate  'teyl,geyt
  1. A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
    "They lowered the tailgate of the truck to unload the furniture";
    - tailboard [Brit]
Verb: tailgate  'teyl,geyt
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Follow at a dangerously close distance
    "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"
Noun: tail gate  'teyl,geyt
  1. A gate at the downstream end of a lock or canal used to control water flow
    "The operator closed the tail gate to regulate the water level"

Derived forms: tailgates, tailgating, tail gates, tailgated

Type of: follow, gate

Part of: beach waggon [Cdn, Austral, NZ], beach wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], estate [Brit, informal], estate car [Brit, Cdn], lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], station waggon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], station wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], truck, waggon [Cdn, Austral, NZ], wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ]

Encyclopedia: Tailgate

Tail gate